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Molecular Models of Real and Mock Illicit Drugs from a Forensic Chemistry Activity
Abstract
The Featured Molecules for this month have been drawn from a forensic chemistry exercise in which model compounds are used to simulate the behavior of various drugs in a series of chemical tests. The compounds considered include chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and phenothiazine, both involved in the manufacture of antipsychotic drugs.
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Analysis of a Suspected Drug Sample
Eric J. Schurter, Lois Anne Zook-Gerdau, and Paul SzalayJournal of Chemical Education2011 88 (10), 1416-1418Analysis of a Suspected Drug Sample
Eric J. Schurter, Lois Anne Zook-Gerdau, and Paul SzalayJournal of Chemical Education2011 88 (10), 1416-1418This general chemistry laboratory uses differences in solubility to separate a mixture of caffeine and aspirin while introducing the instrumental analysis methods of GCMS and FTIR. The drug mixture is separated by partitioning aspirin and caffeine between ...
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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